Summit seeks residents' opinions

CENTRAL FLORIDA - The Area - In Brief

Orlando -- Like or hate the idea of a high-tech corridor along Alafaya Trail, which would be renamed Innovation Way?

Then learn more about the project and offer opinions at a community summit planned Thursday through Saturday.

The Innovation Way Corridor Summit is being sponsored by the nonprofit PlaceMatters planning group. The summit is free to the public and is being held at the Sheraton World Resort, at 10100 International Drive, Orlando.

The goal of PlaceMatters is to help residents and community leaders find ways to better design and plan for growth, director Ken Snyder said at the group's office in Rocky Mountain, Colo.

A presentation of the proposed Innovation Way -- including five alternatives for the development that could bring thousands of high-tech jobs -- will be on display. A town-hall meeting is scheduled for Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m.

On Saturday, a workshop is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Feedback from the public is encouraged.

For details, call Orange County planner Andre Anderson at 407-836-5884 or visit Orange County's Web site at OrangeCountyFl.net/Planning.